Honda Insight

Honda recently challenged six company car fleet drivers to swap their high mileage cars for a month for the Honda Insight, to see if the Honda hybrid car could reduce their overall fuel costs. The winner of the trial recorded 63.6mpg in their Honda Insight, beating the official economy figure of 61.4 mpg.

The winner of the trial was E-ON company car driver,Ray Hadlington who usually drives a Vauxhall Zafira Diesel. He managed to improve his typical fuel economy by over 10mpg which saved around £50 a month in fuel bills. He commented,”Driving the Honda Insight was really no different from driving my Zafira, but the dashboard graphics reminded me to ease off the accelerator a little more than usual”.

The Honda Insight has CO2 emission of 101g/km and sits in the lowest 10% Benefit in Kind (BIK) band. Mr Hadlington went onto say,”The Benefit in Kind cost saving is probably the hardest element for me to ignore”. Honda contract hire prices for the Insight are on the site now.

Auto Windscreens factory

Automotive glazing companies are finding a shortage of windscreens, following the worst winter in the UK for nearly 30 years. Auto Windscreens has found that many vehicle owners are having to wait for replacement parts, particularly for the Vauxhall Zafira, Astra, Vectra, Volkswagen Passat, Golf and the Audi A4.

As a result Auto Windscreens has increased production by more than 40% at its own factory in Chesterfield, to cope with this demand and is now producing 600 windscreens a day. Nigel Davies, Auto Windscreens Sales and Marketing Director commented,”It’s unusual to have a national shortage of windscreens and we’ve certainly not come across this before. Auto Windscreens is in the fortunate and unique position, however, that we can simply add another shift at our factory and increase popular windscreen models to meet demand and manage the delays”.